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/ 17 December 2005
Congolese must cast ballots if the Democratic Republic of Congo is to put years of violence behind it, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said through a spokesperson on Friday. ”For the democratic process to succeed, it is essential that the Congolese people play their full part,” Annan’s spokesperson said.
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/ 17 December 2005
The world championships in a rain-swept Helsinki marked a year during which a new generation of athletes usurped the older guard. The youngsters are best personified by the likeable trio of American sprinter Justin Gatlin, Ethiopian runner Kenenisa Bekele and Russian polevaulter Yelena Isinbayeva.
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/ 17 December 2005
A Southwest Airlines jet was evacuated at an airport in the Los Angeles region on Friday after a passenger was reportedly heard to say the word ”bomb”, prompting a security alert, authorities said. The Southwest flight had been taxiing to takeoff at Bob Hope airport in Burbank, California when the evacuation was ordered, said an airport spokesperson.
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/ 17 December 2005
The outgoing chief of the United Nations probe into the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri said in an interview published on Saturday he was convinced Syria was responsible for the murder. Asked by the Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat if he was ”perfectly convinced of Syria’s responsibility in the murder of Hariri,” German magistrate Detlev Mehlis said ”yes”.
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/ 17 December 2005
The Sandy Lane resort and golf course will host the World Cup of golf next December. Twenty-five teams, including the top three teams from each of the World Cup qualifying matches in Mexico and Asia, will compete in the tournament from December 4 to 10.
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/ 17 December 2005
Zimbabwe has banned imports of poultry and ostrich after confirming an outbreak of avian influenza, veterinary officials said on Friday. The outbreak was detected during routine checks last month at two ostrich farms in the western Matabeleland province, said Dr Stuart Hargreaves, head of the Agriculture Ministry’s veterinary services unit.
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/ 17 December 2005
The White House on Friday suffered a new assault on its conduct of the war on terror when the Senate refused to renew provisions of the Patriot Act. The rebuff, which leaves the anti-terror law in limbo before crucial portions expire on December 31, was delivered amid growing outrage at reports that President George Bush secretly authorised eavesdropping on Americans inside the US without court oversight.
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/ 17 December 2005
Australian paceman Brett Lee claimed the crucial wicket of Herschelle Gibbs just before lunch on Saturday as South Africa reached 128-2 on day two of the first Test. The South Africans, chasing Australia’s modest first-innings 258, were cruising until Gibbs dragged a delivery from outside off-stump onto his wicket.
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/ 17 December 2005
Trade ministers from 149 countries were on Friday night bracing themselves for failure in Hong Kong after admitting that four days of intense and bitter wrangling had made only minimal progress in breaking the deadlock in global liberalisation talks.
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/ 17 December 2005
Twenty people were confirmed dead by 9am on Saturday after the bus they were travelling in overturned and plunged into a river near Wepener, Free State police said. Captain Elsa Gerber said 77 other passengers were removed from the wreckage and transported to several hospitals in the province.